Inventors:
Margaret E. Daub - Raleigh NC
Marilyn Ehrenshaft - Cary NC
Anne E. Jenns - Raleigh NC
Assignee:
North Carolina State University - Raleigh NC
International Classification:
C12N 504
C12N 1529
C12N 1582
A01H 500
A01H 510
Abstract:
The present invention is drawn to methods and compounds for providing resistance to photosensitizers in cells and organisms that are sensitive to photosensitizers. Specifically, an isolated nucleic acid molecule, which upon expression provides resistance to a photosensitizer, is described. Also described are methods of transforming cells and organisms with the isolated nucleic acid molecule, such that resistance to a photosensitizer is increased or provided to the cells and organisms so transformed.